berkman klein center for internet & society ciation

The major goal was to foster collaboration and idea-sharing not release new findings. The hosts included Rob Faris, Berkman Klein Center research director Urs Gasser, the center’s executive director Sasha Havlicek, CEO of ISD and Nicco Mele, director of the Shorenstein Center. The event was held at Harvard Law School and convened over 60 stakeholders from academia, civil society organizations, and major technology companies - including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft - and featured talks, group discussions and breakouts.

Framing the Issues: “Uncharted Territory” And on the matter of confronting online terrorist recruitment and extremist content, ISD has led significant research and worked extensively with industry and government to develop possible interventions and policy approaches to respond to this rising set of challenges. The related problem of online false information, or “fake news”, prompted the Shorenstein Center to host an event in February and later chart a research agenda. A recent report summarizes some of this work and broadly describes research on the problem. The Berkman Klein Center has been actively studying harmful speech online for the past two years. The workshop, which brought together a diverse set of experts on the topic, grew out of prior work from each of the host institutions. This report provides a sample of the conversations that took place during the event. On June 29 and 30, 2017, the Berkman Klein Center, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), a London-based think tank, co-hosted “Harmful Speech Online: At the Intersection of Algorithms and Human Behavior” to discuss how market dynamics, behavioral drivers, laws, and technology contribute to the spread of harmful speech online and inform measures to constrain it. The topic of online harmful speech - from harassment and cyber-bullying to terrorist recruitment and media manipulation - is a growing focus of academic research and government regulation. Originally published by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society on Medium. Reflections from a recent workshop hosted by the Berkman Klein Center in collaboration with the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.īy David Talbot and Jeff Fossett.

Berkman klein center for internet & society ciation